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COCOA-NUT TREE* 



customed to use the viscid giiin ot" tlie Brcad- 



H^tsfji^ m&oimm tlie ^hirm at ih& Tmgn 

 isteitds of Ta Niu, wliiclj consists in spinning- a 

 cocoa-nut with the husk on, and judging*, by tfie 

 direction of the npptn- part wlien again at rest, 

 oftbe ^l^ect of inquiry, which is chiefly whetlier 

 a lick pea^stm idE wsm<^t t ht ihh pw^pomf llie 

 mitt; bds^lfeeed on this ground, a relation of the 

 sick person determines tliat if the nnt, wltrn 

 again at rest, points to sucli a quarter — the east 

 for example — the sick man will recover ; 

 ikm pr^ys nkmd W the f^atroii f of the fetiaSIy, 

 that he will be pleased to direct tlie nut, so that 

 it nvdy indicate the truth. The nut In-iiig next 

 spun, tlic result is attended to witli eontidcTicp, 

 at least with a full conviction that it will truly 

 ieekife Iha miimiSmmM the godt ai tim^. 



The ©thftp occasions on wliicli the spinning of 

 a cocoa-nut is used, are cliietly for amusement, 

 aud then no prayer is made, and no dep'ec of 

 credit is attached to the result. The women 



0fleii lifixt a exm^mf imM som& diaptite at 



Anotlier valuable production of the cocoa-nut 

 is tlie oil. which is a valualde aniclc (jf ex})or- 

 tutiou from Ceylon, and otiier ]jarts of Intlia, 

 Polynm^i U h used in various artick^ oF 



